Bohumil kraotwer



Dec. 24, 1929. B, KRALJFnm-:R` 1,740,658

PRESSING IRON Filed July 11, 1927 Patented Dee 24,1929

BOH'U'MIIL KRAUPNER, OF BOUDNICE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA PBESSING IRON Application led July 11, 1927,' Serial Nm 204,807. and in Czechoslovakia November 17, 1,926.

This invention relates to a pressing iron.

which by means of a simple handle can be converted into another apparatus, e. g. into a cooking appliance, drying aparatus, frying pan or the like. A further a vantage of the invention resides in the fact that the pressing iron has electrical heating means so constructed that, by suitably connecting it up, d-ill'erent temperatures can be obtained with the minimum consumption of current; moreover the cooking appliance or the like can be heated over -a smaller or greater area.

( )ne embodiment of the invention will now lie-described by way of example and with reference Ato the accompanying drawing, where- Fig. 1 is a section through the pressing iron.

Fig. 2 a view of the heating means from underneath,

Fig. 3 a view of iron converted intov a cooking appliance, and

Fig. 4 a rear View ofthe iron. According to the invention, the iron comprises two parts. The upper part of the iron has heating means, i. e.. an internal body 1,

in which is embodied a resistance wire 2, preferably a spiral ingrooves 3. The grooves are made in sinuous form. In the heating means is an opening 4, into which an article, e. g. hair curling tongs or the like, can be inserted. The resistance wires can be brought to a red heat through the medium of the terminals 5, 6 and 7 the terminals 5 and 6 being at the ends of the coils (Fig. 2), While the terminal 7 'is located between the ends thereof.

As already mentioned, the heating means is disposed in the upper part 1 of the iron S. which part fits into the lower part 9 in such a way that both parts are held together at the forward end by the exterior surface 1U Fig'. 1) engaging with the inclined snrlaee 11 on the interior of the lowerpart. By

' tightening up the screw 12 the upper part 8 is pressed forward-so that the inclined sur'- t'aees 10 and 11 Contact and the upper part cannot become disengaged.

The handle 13 of the iron serves also as' a handle for the cooking or other appliance Y lar form secured in position by means of into whichthe iron can be converted, for it is pivoted about the pin 15 by means of the crankedl part .14 and is firmly held by the screw 16.

The iron is provided with a plate 17 which protects the hand Afrom excessive heat and further serves as a baise for the cooking appliance4 as shown in Fig. 3 wherein the lower part 9 has been removed-. In order to obtain a lighter construction, a plate of semi-circuscrews 19 forms the rear of the iron and has an opening 20 concentric with the opening 4 in the heating means.

' By the larrangement of the resistance wires 65 in sinuous t'orm in conjunction with the arrangement ot' terminals described, numerous technical advantages are obtained, for these make it possible to heat up the internal body over a small, limited central area by making electrical connection through the terminals 5 and 7,01- over the whole area by making connection through the terminals 7, 6, 5, which is desirable in using the iron as a cooking appliance. -Agaiin the internal body can be raised to a low temperature, for example, for ironing purposes, by making series connection through the terminals and 5 or to a high temperature for cooking purposes by making connection in parallel through the terminals 7. 6,5, all these arrangements being obtainable by the mere manipulation 4.1i a switch. Y

The upper 'part 1 of the iron -is vso made that different kinds of heating means may be provided. For example, insteadl of the above deseril'ied electrical arrangement, the sinuous resistance may be removed andi gas, spirit, petrol or like means provided. x

I Claln] ll i 1. A pressing iron comprising a lower part provided with a flat surface, a rim on said lower part having an inclined interior surface, a body part provided with internal heating means, an inclined exterior surface 95 'on said body part adapted to be engaged by the. inclined surface on the lower part, screw means for holding said inclined surfaces removably in engagement to hold the two parts together, a platoon the upepr surface of the body partA upon which theiiron .can stand A when inverted, and a handle movably mounted on the body part to serve in one position as a handle when ironing-andxin another position as a handle for-the iron when used as a heating appliance otherwise than for ironing. s

A, pressingironcomprising alower part provided with al Hat surface, a .body-.part,

means for removably securing the two parts together, la heating element 'in the body part provided with an opening for the insertion of an article to be heated, a corresponding openinfr in the wall of the body part, and

a hande movably mounted on the body part to serve in one position as a-handle when ironing and ini another positionas a handle for the iron when used as a heating appliance otherwise than for ironing.

3. A pressing iron comprising allower part provided with a flat surface, abody part,

means for removably securing the two parts together, a sinuo-us length of resistance 4wire inthe lbody part, a terminal at'each end thereof, a terminal between the ends thereof so that the extentof the area heated and the intensity of the heating can be varied, anda handle movably mounted on the body part to i serve in one position as a handle when ironing and in another position as a handle for the iron when used as a heating appliance otherwise than for ironing.

4'. A pressing iron comprising a lower part 'provided with a flat surface, a body part, a

rim-on4 said lower part having a-n inclined interior surface, aninclined exterior surface on said 4body part adapted lto be engaged by the inclined surface on the lower part, screwmeans for holding said inclined surfaces removably in engagement, -a heating element in the body part provided with an openingfor the insertion of an article to'be heated, a corresponding opening in the wall-vof the body part, a sinuous length of resistance wire in grooves insaidheating element, a terminal l at eaclnend thereof, a terminal between ,theendsfthereo'f, a plate on the upper surface of' the body part uponwhich the iron can stand when inverted, and a handle movablymount- "I ed on the body part to serve in one position as a handle when ironing and Vin another p'osition as a handlefo'r the iron when used as a. heating appliance otherwise than for iron- In testimony whereof I affix my signature. Y

' BOHUMAIL'KRAUPNER. 

